Eicar?

[Neron]

the sensetivity is set to normal and my browser is not giving me to "open with..."

[peterfu]

right click on Avast blue ball, select  "On Access protection Control", Select then "Standard Shield" . I have then High - to see the detailled settings click on customize - then You have a lot of tabs - take a look at them.

My settings are : Protection High
in Scanner (Basic) : all checked
in Scanner (Advanced) :
Scan files on Open - checked
Always scan WSH-Scrip files - checked
Scan Created/modified Files - checked
All Files - checked

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Peter

[Neron]

well i don't have scan created/modified files and all files too and sens. is normal.is this the problem and if yes am i protected??

[RejZoR]

If you use avast! 4.5 then it should detect it regardless the sensitivity level.
In avast! 4.1 its detected only on High Sensitivity (Standard Shield)

[Neron]

OK but i'm using 4.5.523 447-1.So is there a problem in my avast

[peterfu]

@Neron: the only thing I'm sure is that the settings work fine for me cause I want to scan everything modified or saved on my harddisk

@RejZoR : what is the difference between Low/High/Customize, I'm a little confused now - are the settings in the customized tabs only if You choose customized ?

I have done the original settings in 4.1 and not changed it after upgrade

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[Neron]

            ???I tried to open it with internet elporer and avast detected it but culn'd move it to chest and culdn't delete it.The file was stored in the temporary internet files folder and without disabling the shield i manualy deleted the items.?

[peterfu]

Well, works fine here with Internet Explorer and Firefox - tried it with both now and was able to delete it and mkove it to chest - are You sure the eicar.com file is in the temporary files directory - I've found the eicar.css file which does not contain the eicar test signature.

btw - my OS is W2K Prof

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[Neron]

Yes i'm sure.Info:My windows 98 se avast full updates.I think that my avst is fine but i have to make some setting to lork better,becouse i don't like downloading viruses without nowing that.
Thanks to everybody for the help!!!

[peterfu]

Good luck then with finetuning
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Peter

[Neron]

Well can somebody tell me what the exact settings are to make avast catching eicar and other potential viruses,becouse i don't want to risk whit my luck...
But i don't want to make it to heavy becouse my PC is weak(633Mh 128 ram ...)
Thanks

[Neron]

Avast didn't detected eicar and when i scanned the file avast detected it.I think my settings are wrong but i didn't changed any of them
Standart shield setting(sustomize)
Scaner basic-all checkt
advanced:
scan files on open checkt
always scan wsh script files-checkt
scan created modified files-uncheckt(i think that this is the reason)
sensitivity:Normal
Please help quick becouse i'm afarid i'm not protected
Thanks!!!

[Eddy]

How to use the eicar test file
Avast's info on the eicar test file
Test with the eicar file here

[Neron]

Yes thank you but i  read all this thinga already.

[Eddy]

and when i scanned the file avast detected it

So what is the problem? Avast uses on-access, that means a file is scanned when you acces it. Create the eicar test file as instructed and try to move it around on your system. See if Avast gives an alert.

To test it for your mail, use the last link in my previous post.